Display-case



0. LE R. FINN.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-3,1919.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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Aiiarilg' 0. LE R. FINN.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1919.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 3,1919.

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3 SHEETS-SHEET 3' 5, I fin 7250 Osazzrlefi yimm OSCAR LE ROY FINN, OFSGRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed February 3, 1919. Serial No. 274,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR Ln Roy FINN, citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disofwhich the following is a in retail stores whereby floor space will beconserved while, at the same time, the articles displayed will beprotected from dirt and dust.

The invention has as a further object to provide a display case whichwill normally be closed by companion doors projecting in front ofthebody of the case but wherein the doors may be readily shifted to openposition lying within the case body.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide an improvedactuating mechanism for the doors whereby when either door is manuallyopened or closed, the other door will be simultaneously shiftedaccordingly.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved display case showing thedoors thereof closed,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the display case andlooking downwardly, the doors being closed,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view showing the doorsopen,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2 andlooking in the direction of the arrows, this view particularly showingthe mounting of the doors,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 and lookingin the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing one pair of hinge plates for thedoors in detail,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the actuating mechanism for thedoors in detail, and

Fig. 8 is a'fragmentary sectional view taken through the annulus of thedisplay reel employed and showing the "particular type of garment hangerprovided for engagement with the annulus.

the doors.

. In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a preferably oblongcase body 1.0 having preferably transparent end walls and a transparentback wall, the front of the case body being open. The transparent wallsof the case body are supported in a suitable case body frame carried by.sills, as particularly shown in Fig. 4, forming a base for the casebody. These sills carry a floor 11. The foremost longitudinal sill ofthe base is indicated at 12. Projecting from the base of the case bodyat its forward side, is a medial arcuate extension 13 which carries afloor 14 lying in a plane with the floor 11 and supported adjacent itsjunction with the base of the case body by a cross sill'15 disposed inspaced parallel relation to the sill l2. Projecting from the forwardcorner posts of the case body at their inner sides are inwardly directedribs or cleats 16.

Supported by-the sills l2 and 15 midway of the ends of the case body, isa socket 17 provided with a flange 18 countersunk in the floors 11 and14 and suitably secured to said sills. Countersunk in the forward up perlongitudinal rail of the case body is a vertically alined socket 19suitably fixed to said rail and engaging at its ends in the sockets 17and 19 is a vertical post20 held against rotation with respect theretoby set screws adjustable through the socket walls. Swingingly mountedupon this post are companion arcuate doors 21, substantially triangularin cross section. As particularly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of thedrawings, the doors 21 each includes a suitable frame which carries thecurved transparent front wall of the door as Well as the transparent topwall thereof. Closing the door frames at their lower ends are bottomwalls 22 for Connected .to the door frames at their upper inner cornersare mating hinge plates 23, shown in detail in Fig. 6,

and connected to the bottom walls 22 of the doors at their innercornersare similar mating hinge plates 24. These pairs of plates freely receivethe post therethrough, the upper pair being held against verticalmovement by spaced collars 25 and the lower pair being held againstvertical movement by similar spaced collars 26. The collars 25 and 26are adjustably fixed upon the post by suitable s'et screws. It will thusbe readily seen that the doors may freely turn about the post and, whenclosed, will, as particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, project in frontof the case body at its forward side overly ing the extension 13 of thecase body. In this connection it will be observed that the forwardvertical rails of the door frames are formed to provide a rabbeted jointbetween the doors when the doors are closed while the rear verticalrails of the door frames will closely confront the cleats 16 of the casebody. The doors will thus effectually close the case body to excludedust or dirt therefrom. Countersunk in the floors 11 and 14 of the casebody and extension is an annular track 27 and mounted in the bottomwalls 22 of the doors are suitable rollers 28 projecting through saidfloors to engage the track. These rollers will thus support the doorsagainst any sagging tendency in their turning movement about the post 20and will rigidly support the doors when either opened or closed.

Formed in the floor 14 of the extension 13 is a medial forwardlydirected slot or opening 29 and mounted to extend longitudinally of thisslot is a squared guide rod .30. As shown in detail in Fig. 7 of thedrawings, this rod is engaged at its ends in sockets 31 provided withlateral lugs 32. The lug of the outermost socket is, as particularlybrought out in Fig. 4, secured beneath the floor 14 at the outer end ofsaid opening, while the lug of the innermost socket is secured to thesill 15 beneath the flange of the socket 17. Holding the rod fixedwithin the sockets are suitable set screws carried by the sockets.Slidable longitudinally upon the rod is a sleeve or yoke 33 providedwith a cross arm 34 and pivotally connected at their forward ends toopposite ends of said arm are actuating bars or rods 35. The rods 35 lieimmediately beneath the floors 22 of the doors 21, substan tiallyparallel thereto, and, at their rear ends are, as best shown in Fig. 3,pivotally connected with the doors by suitable fastenlllg devicesextending through said floors. Mounted upon the guide rod 30 adjacent is ends are collars 36 and 37 adjustably fixed upon the rod by suitableset screws carried by the collars. Abutting the collar 36 is acushioning spring .38 surrounding the rod and abutting the collar 37 isa similarly mounted cushioning spring 39.

As will now be readily understood, the yoke 33 and rods 35 will connectthe doors for simultaneous movement in opposite directions. Pull uponone of the doors, tending to open such door, will be communicated to theother door so that both doors will be swung open simultaneously, itbeing observed in this connection that when the doors are open. thedoors will, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, be received within the casebody abutting at their inner edges. As the doors approach the limit oftheir opening movement, the yoke 33 will engage the spring 39 upon theguide rod 30 so that this spring will thus act to retard the movement ofthe doors and cushion the doors to engage each other in fully openposition. On the other hand, as the doors approach the limit of theirswinging movement to closed position the yoke .33 will engage the sprin38 for retarding and cushioning the doors when closed. Banging of thedoors will thus be effectually overcome. By adjusting the collars 36 and37 to vary the position of the cushioning springs with respect to thethrow of the yoke 33, the cushioning effect of the springs may bereadily varied.

Mounted upon the post 20 adjacent its upper end is a display reel orrack. TlllS reel includes a' hub 40 in the ends of which are fittedanti-friction bearings 41 supporting the hub to freely rotate upon thepost. At opposite ends of the hub are arranged collars 42 adjustablyconnected with the post by suitable set screws and retaining the hub invertically adjusted position upon the post. Extending from the hub, atspaced points thereabout, are radial lugs or flanges 43 and connected attheir inner ends to these lugs are arms 44 inclining upwardly andoutwardly with respect to the hub. Sustained by these arms and connectedtherewith at' their outer ends by suitable angle plates is an annulus45. Thus, articles to be displayed may be hung from this annulus andthus supported within the display case. In connection with the displayreel I provide a particular type of clothes hanger, said hangers beingindicated at 46. These hangers each include a hanger body from whichextends, as particularly shown in Fig. 8, a suspension hook 47 adaptedto snugly engage over the annulus 45 and provided with a. relativelylong bill 48 lying substantially parallel to the shank of the hook andadapted to resiliently engage the annulus. Consequently, the hangerswill be retained in substantially vertical position upon the reel, sothat when garments are suspended from the hangers and the reel isrotated for bringing a desired garment to the front of the case body,the hangers and garments will be prevented from swinging outwardly,through centrifugal force, into contact with the case body to hamper therotation of the reel. In this connection it will be observed that whenthe doors of the case body are open, the reel will project well beyondthe front of the case body so that garments may be readily hung upon orremoved from the reel.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A display case including a case body, companion oscillating doorsnormally closing the case body, a guide rod extending radially withrespect to the axis of the doors, a yoke slidable upon said rod,coacting means between the yoke and rod holding the yoke againstrotation thereon, and

. actuating rods pivotally connected with said yoke and engaged one witheach of the doors.

2. A display case including a case body, companion oscillating doorsnormally closing the case body, a guide rod extending radially withrespect to the axis of the doors, a yoke slidable upon said rod,aotuating rods pivotally connected with said yoke and engaged one witheach of the doors, and yieldable means carried by the guide rod toselectively coa'ct with the yoke for cushioning the doors toward the endof their movement to open or closed position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 20

OSCAR LE ROY FINN. a 8.]

